Magento 2 create simple theme

Today we discuss how in Magento 2 create simple theme? Creating a simple theme or custom theme is consisting on four easy step in magento2. First you have to create your SpaceName in my case it is QaisarSatti. Create folder in app/design/frontend/QaisarSatti. Now add the theme name after app/design/frontend/QaisarSatti/theme.

First Step:

Create the composer.json file for theme.

app/design/frontend/QaisarSatti/theme/composer.json

{
"name": "magento/theme-frontend-blank",
"description": "My First Theme",
"require": {
"php": "~5.5.0|~5.6.0|~7.0.0",
"magento/theme-frontend-blank": "100.0.*",
"magento/framework": "100.0.*"
},
"type": "magento2-theme",
"version": "100.0.1",
"license": [
"OSL-3.0",
"AFL-3.0"
],
"autoload": {
"files": [
"registration.php"
]
}
}

Second Step:

In this step we will register our theme.

app/design/frontend/QaisarSatti/theme/registration.php

<?php
/**
* Copyright © 2015 Magento. All rights reserved.
* See COPYING.txt for license details.
*/
\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::register(
\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::THEME,
'frontend/QaisarSatti/theme',
__DIR__
);

Third Step:
Create the theme.xml file. Here you will define the parent theme for your theme so in my case the magento blank theme.

app/design/frontend/QaisarSatti/theme/theme.xml

<theme xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Config/etc/theme.xsd">
<title>My First Theme</title> 
<parent>Magento/blank</parent> 
<media>
<preview_image>media/preview.jpg</preview_image> 
</media>
</theme>

Fourth Step:

Now add you theme preview image in media folder. This will be show in admin panel where theme are listed.

app/design/frontend/QaisarSatti/theme/media/preview.jpg

Here we create the new theme in magento 2. Now just simply run these command you register you theme in magento.

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

Qaisar Satti

Hi, I'm Qaisar Satti! I've been a developer for over 20 years, and now I love sharing what I've learned through tutorials and guides. Whether you're working with Magento, PrestaShop, or WooCommerce, my goal is to make your development journey a bit easier and more fun. When I'm not coding or writing, you can find me exploring new tech trends and hanging out with the amazing developer community. Thanks for stopping by, and happy coding!

One thought on “Magento 2 create simple theme”

sheraz khan says:

March 26, 2018 at 5:24 pm

In the file registration.php ,kindly edit this line from
‘frontend/QaisarSatti/theme,
to
‘frontend/QaisarSatti/theme’,

thanks
jazakAllah

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